Reasoning Knowledge

This section assesses students' inductive reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and number facility. The test presents a set of numbers, and the student is to select the number that would come next in the series.

Figure out the pattern from the given number series;
From the choices, select the one comes next in the series following the same pattern

Adding a certain number to get the next:
1. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
0481216 ⇒
A) 20 B) 19 C) 18 D) 24 E) 23
[Correct Answer]:A
Deducting a certain number to get the next:
2. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
87654 ⇒
A) 4 B) 6 C) 1 D) 3 E) 0
[Correct Answer]:D
Adding the previous two numbers to get the next:
3. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
369152439 ⇒
A) 67 B) 63 C) 60 D) 64 E) 65
[Correct Answer]:B
Every 3 numbers repeat:
4. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
357357357 ⇒
A) 9 B) 5 C) 3 D) 11 E) 7
[Correct Answer]:C
Every 3 numbers repeat with order changes:
5. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.

345534453345 ⇒
A) 4 B) 6 C) 7 D) 5 E) 3
[Correct Answer]:D
Every 4 numbers repeat:
6. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
1
12

1
9

1
6

1
3

1
12

1
9

1
6

1
3

1
12

1
9

1
6

1
3

1
12

1
9

1
6
⇒
A)
1
15
B)
1
3
C)
1
18
D)
1
9
E)
1
12

[Correct Answer]:B
Every 4 numbers as a group:
7. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
123422343234423⇒
A) 3 B) 2 C) 1 D) 5 E) 4
[Correct Answer]:E
Adding one to both denominator and numerator to get the next fraction:
8. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.

3
4

4
5

5
6

6
7

7
8
⇒
A)
8
9
B)
7
9
C)
8
7
D)
10
9
E)
8
10

[Correct Answer]:A
Each number is square number in sequence:
9. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.

149162536 ⇒
A) 70 B) 42 C) 35 D) 77 E) 49
[Correct Answer]:E
Appending a digit following certain pattern to get the next number:
10. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
4545455545 ⇒
A) 5455 B) 554555 C) 55545 D) 5554 E) 55455
[Correct Answer]:E